Category Archives: Anxiety
Credit Card Debt At Record High
New record: U.S. consumer credit-card debt just passed an ominous milestone, beating a record set just before the global financial system almost collapsed in 2008. Outstanding card loans reached $1.02 trillion in June, data from the Federal Reserve show, as … Continue reading
Homophobia Rising In Germany
Not surprising: The number of crimes against gays and lesbians in Germany has increased by almost a third in the past year. Is a lack of action by politicians, police and schools to blame? German parliament, the Bundestag, may have … Continue reading
You Can Control What r-strategists Believe
A case study: It started with a WhatsApp message that read like an answer to the prayers of thousands of immigrants fearing deportation by President Trump. Canada wanted them, it promised — a revelation that filled Haitians across the United … Continue reading
Poland Turns On Germany And Demands Reparations
Splintering is starting: The scene is a German town called Gleiwitz close to the Polish border. Here, on the night of August 31, 1939, a small group of Nazi intelligence agents, dressed in Polish uniforms, burst into a German radio … Continue reading
Post-Election, Cuddling Is Taking Off
Kind of funny: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, people struggled to figure out how to cope – and some found the answer was as simple as human touch On a Saturday night in Venice, California, light spills from … Continue reading
Doing The Opposite – Afghanistan Thought Experiment
Donald Trump considers pulling out of Afghanistan: Donald Trump is said to be considering withdrawing troops from Afghanistan – less than three months after senior Trump administration and military officials recommended expanding the US military’s strength in the country. Although … Continue reading
And Now For Something Completely Different – Adult Baby Diaper Lovers
Interesting the weird things which crop up as Apocalypse approaches: Tykables, the only brick and mortar storefront in the United States dedicated to adult baby diaper lovers (ABDL), is located in Mount Prospect, a suburb of Chicago. Its customers, John-Michael … Continue reading
Sacaramucci Out, And The Role Of Amygdala
Scaramucci didn’t work out: Anthony Scaramucci, the White House communications director whose flair for gale-force showmanship makes his new boss look almost tame, had an explosive first week on the job — so explosive that the president removed him from … Continue reading
Radical Left May Start Killing People In Germany
When it is officially acknowledged, the danger point is close: For years, far-left activists in Berlin followed the strategy of attacking property, not people. But that is changing, the Berlin interior ministry claimed on Tuesday. “2016 was marked out by … Continue reading
Rabbit Couple Encounter Hardship, Commit Suicide
I’m not judgmental of this, it is all the mechanism: The son and daughter-in-law of former Mayor Joseph C. Scarpelli committed suicide early Friday morning by jumping from a Manhattan office building, according to the New York Post and Brick … Continue reading